Join our fabulous cleaning team’s regular Tuesday morning sessions, or one of their new monthly Saturday afternoon deeper cleans

The Centre is open four short days a week now, with some classes and events here and some still online

July has been a month of celebration as members of our community mark significant stages on their spiritual paths

The Centre’s Chair gives a video update on the financial situation, the future of our online and in-person events, and more

The next couple of months will see many changes to the team that organise the running of the Buddhist Centre. Find out who’s coming and who’s going.

News about our next stage of re-opening, including meditation classes and the opportunity for certain groups to gather in our shrine rooms.

In recent rituals, groups of Kalyana Mitras, or spiritual friends, undertook to maintain and deepen their friendships for life

Let’s bring to mind ten friends from across Triratna as they are publicly Ordained on 4th May

Tom Llewellyn explains how the MBC Sangha Facebook group came about and how it’s helping our spiritual connections: March 2021

A message of gratitude for our community’s generosity in raising money to thank Patricia and the team for all of their hard work.

Fliss Clarke writes about her experience of attending online Buddhism courses during the coronavirus pandemic.

There’s so much sadness about the loss of the lovely daytime vegan café in our basement. Can anything be done? Well, maybe . . .

Watch Sandy, Gill, Alex and Michael online as they Join the Triratna Buddhist Order, sending good wishes as they take this significant step

The lovely daytime vegan café in our basement won’t be re-opening after their enforced summer closure. This is sad news for all of us.

Our Trustees are responsible for the Centre’s running – find out who they are and what kind of things they’re deciding

Based in our Centre, and the workplace of many of our friends over the years, the Clear Vision charity is sadly closing at the end of August

In March, Dayanandi started to record her experiences of settling into lockdown in her Buddhist women’s community

Kevin Statham asks: What is beauty? And wonders how the Buddha would have answered

A big thank you to our donors. Keeping connection is so important in these times

Kevin Statham contemplates the books on his To Be Read pile

Kevin Statham finds we can learn a lot from trees

The week after lockdown, nine women gathered experimentally online to create portable shrines together

The strange and challenging times continue, and Kevin Statham finds he can now pay closer attention to the cherry blossoms

A moving and generous offer from Claire Morris, following the postponement of her ordination retreat

Inspired by Paramananda, Kevin Statham considers his meditation practice during the covid-19 pandemic and finds no quick fixes

Our Chair, Silabodhi, enjoyed January’s European gathering, working on our Buddhist movement’s plans and priorities for the next five years

What happens when you bid for a flamenco lesson and a place on an Alexander Technique workshop at one of our skills auctions? Our fundraiser, Sal, had a go . . .

December’s craft stall made over £1,000 for the Centre. Big thank you to all involved, and watch out for a shrine sale next month

Buddhas, books, cards, gifts, chocolate – our shop’s open six days a week

Did you know that Manchester Buddhist Centre has an account with Give as you Live? It’s a free way to help

Silabodhi, our Chair, recently wrote to people in our Buddhist Community about our ongoing plans to install a disability access lift outside the Centre